Combined back button and tie-holder.



P. T. vv/111111111. A l COBL'BINIID BACK BUTTON AND TIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31, 1912.

yf" l' FREDERIC T. WAGNER, or CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.l

COMBINED BACK ETTCN AND TIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

Application niet August a1, 1912. serial No. 718,011.

To all 'whom z't-may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC T. WAGNER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of thecity of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofillinois, have invented certain new `and useful Improvements in CombinedBack Buttons and Tie-Holders;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accom panyingdrawings, and to the numbers ofreference jmarked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to a combined tie holder and back button forcollars `and more particularly to the class of back buttons adapted tobe engaged in the back button hole of a collar and then slippedbeneaththe collar band on the shirt.

Serious diflicul-ty is often encountered in properly tying afour-in-hand tie when used in connection with the turn down collar nowin vogue. This is due to the fact that the tie slips up into the top ofthe collar andis there frictionally held in position by the neck bandand down turned. edge of the collar which bear against each side of thesaine. When this occurs the natural tendency of the wearer is to pullupon the ends of the tie to slip it around to the desired position. Thiscannot ordinarily be accom-A plished, however, unless the tie be jerkedviolently and Without danger of injury to the fabric in the tie for th'ereason that pulling upon the ends of .the tie serves merely to bring theneck band and down turned edge of' the collar more closely together andbind the tie more firmly between the same.

Itis an object of this invention topro-4 vide a combined back button andtie holder adapted to engage the back of a collar to the neck band of ashirt and prevent the tie from sliding up in the collar.

lt is a. further object of the invention to afford a device of the classdescribed which maybe stamped from a single strip of metal.

It is finally an important'object of this invention to afford a combinedback button and tie holder which will be of cheap, simple and durableconstruction.

The invention relates to the matters hereinaf'ter described and morefully pointed out and defined in the appended claims. In the drawings:Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device embodying my invention,illustrating the manner in which it is used. Fig. 2 is an enlarged viewof the device shown in Fig. 1. lFig. '3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 andillustrates a modification of the construction shown in Figs. vl and 2.Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the de'vice shown in Fig. 3.

As shown in the drawings: 1 indicates a shirt, 2, a neck band therefor,and 3, a collar having a neck band4, and down turned edge 5.

As shown in Fig. 1, the device embodying `my invention comprises a stripor plate of metal having one end thereof rounded and struck to afford aninner relatively narrow tongue 6, which is bent outwardly and thendownwardly at approximately its center to afford a ldownwardly `directedhook 7, provided with a rounded end 8. The metal on each side of thebase of the inner tongue 6, is bent inwardly and then downwardly to apoint approximately opposite the outer edge of the -bodyportion 9, ofsaid strip orv plate of metal and is then bent inwardly and upwardly andparallel with the inner tongue 6, to afford a U-shaped hook 10.

As shown in Fig. l, the device is attached to the collar with the tiallyvertical position parallel with the neck band 4, of the collar, thelower edge 11, of which ris engaged between the downwardly directedportion 12,'of the U-shaped hook and the outwardly bent portion v13, ofthe body portion 9, of the strip of metal. The U-shaped hook 10, Visthen slipped; in position beneath the neck band 2,01. the shirt, the tie14, engaged in the ring or guide afforded bythe tongue 6, andthedownwardly directed hook 7 and the free ends of the collar secured tothe neck band of the shirt in the usual or any desired manner.

The modification illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 is substantially identicalwith the construction described, and, as shown'in said figures,comprises a strip or plate of metal which is somewhaty reduced in widthat one of its ends and said narrow end is bent outwardly and thendownwardly for a short distance and then outwardly and back parallelwith the downwardly directed portion 16,

tongue 6, in substanoutwardly and then upwardly to a height"approximately equal to the width o the neck band of the average tie andlis then bent inwardly and then downwardly toward and to a point nearthe upper edge of the spring portion 18, to aford a slotted ring or'guide 19, adapted to 'receive the neck band of a tie and prevent thesame from slipping up and wedging or binding between the neck'band 4,and downturned edge 5, of a collar.

It is obvious from the construction de scribed that the modified deviceillustrated may be applied toengage the back of the collar to the neckband of the shirt in the same manner that has been previously describedin connection with the preferred form of my invention, and the tie maybe y slipped through the slot in the ring or guide 19, or may bethreaded thereinto, as desired.

It is obvious from the construction described that details of theinvention may be varied without departing from the princiles of thisinvention, and that many modications of my device may be accomplished byone skilled in the art to which this inapplication otherwise ventionpertains. I thereforedonot purpose limiting the patent issued upon thisthan necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device of the class described, comprising abody portion, adownwardly directed tie -engaging hook formed integral therewith on oneside thereof, a downwardly directed hook formed with said body portioncn the other side thereof and adapted to be inserted through the buttonhole of a collar, and an upwardly directed hook forming a continuationof said collar engaging hook and adapted to be engaged beneath the neckband of a shirt.

2. A device of the class described, formed from a strip of metal, andcomprising a body portion struck nearone of its ends to afford anupwardly directed tongue which is bent to 'afford a downwardly directedhook, strips of metal'on each vside of said tongue bent in the oppositedirection and downwardly parallel with the body portion of the stri andthen outwardly and upwardly an connected at their ends to afford alooped U-shaped hook.

In testimonyv l,whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name' insubscribing witnesses.

FREDERIC T. WAGNER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES W. HILLS, Jr., GEORGE R. MOORE.

the presence of two

